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Show r Monday, February 5. 1990 TIk-- Lady Utes edge Creighton Special to the Chronicle But Saturday the Lady Utes almost lost their second of the year. The Lady Ute OMAHA, Neb. basketball team is firmly afixed in HCAC's second place following a 65-6- 1 With six minutes remaining Creighton led by 10 points and only a furious Utah rally prevented the loss. With time running out, Brenda Alcorn connected on two quick drives, followed by successful trips to the line from Kristi Leslie and Smith Carpenter that pulled Utah within two with four minutes left. victory over Creighton Saturday night. overall and . Utah stands at 13-- 6 1 in conference play following loss Saturday's win and a to New Mexico State Friday. NMSU is atop the HCAC standings with a 0 record (as of Friday) with wins over Wyoming, Colorado State and Utah. 2-- free-thro- w int 3-- In the remaining moments, Carpenter nailed a pair of jumpers and Smith put in a layup as time Utah's only conference wins have come at the expense of BYU and Creighton. expired to give Utah its final lead. Smith, the HCAC's Player of the Week, led the Lady Utes with 22 points. Carpenter helped with 13 Creighton-incidentall- shut down the Cougs earlier in the week The conference Lady Jays own a record 1 overall) and are in the 1-- 89-7- 4. 10 points and a rebounds. Alcorn added nine points and her younger sister 3 team-leadin- (8-1- league's No. 5 standings. g 65-6- 1 Skiers win N.M. Invitational points. "I was pleased with the way they methodically followed the game plan for the last six minutes," Utah coach Elaine Elliott said. 2-- 2-- 4 to the Chronicle third. ; Saturday's meet vs. Air Force was considerably more challenging than d affair. Air Force Friday's had shaved for the meet in hopes of ending the dual meet season with a victory over Utah. Air Force won eight of the meet's 13 races and finished with a 138-10- 5 victory. Miles won the same two races he won Friday, and Giotonini won the 200 butterfly. .. Utah swimmers and divers earned splits this weekend as the men one-side- drowned Wyoming on Friday, but sank under the pressure of Air Force's attack Saturday. The women came out on top of Wyoming, but lost to Colorado State Saturday. Against Wyoming, Utah's men won all but three of 16 races en route to a 188-11- 2 v victory. The Swimming Utes were led by the two victories of sophomore Jim d Giottonini in the backstroke and 100 butterfly. Arnie Miles also won two events, the 200 backsroke and 200 individual medley, as well as participating in the first place 200 medley relay. Utah's diving team swept the competition, placing all four divers at the top. In the three-metevent, Bret Peterson, Kurt Borg and Scott Teerlink placed first through The weekend's competition brought Utah's dual meet record to 100-yar- 5-- 5 overall with only next Friday's meet vs. BYU in Provb left. WAC championships are scheduled for March 1-- 3 in Cheyenne, Wyo. The Lady Utes' weekend action started with Utah capturing 10 of 16 one-met- er races for a 160-12- 3 victory. Eva Hjelm won three races, the 200 and 100 freestyle and 200 individual medley. And Kathy er was, at best, txjnfusing. Just how confusing was the New Mexico Ski Invitational? The entire Brooks-McQuee- 1-- 3 1-- 1-- 4-- 0 3-- 5-- 5 16-2- CREIGHTON Thomas Halligan 6, Kush 4 Hendrickson 1-- 7-1-- (61) 4-- 3 5-0-3-- 0 7 6 7 6. Biedeck 3 4 8. 20. Strathman 5 1 3 3. 2. Spencer 8 1 7. Team totals 22-4- 1 2-- 4-- 3-- 5-- 0-- enough, because of technical difficulties, the results from Vail 2-- 61. 16-2- 2 Halftime goals were not available to ski directors in New Mexico. When the results were finally tallied, University of Utah skiers edged out Colorado for its third Utah 29. Creighton 35. Utah 3 (Smith 2. Snow 1). Crieghton 1 (Halligan). Rebounds Utah 43 (Carpenter 10). Creighton finisher at fourth, followed by and Kim Alpine competition, originally slated for Sandi Peak, NJM, was moved to Vail, Cola, due to a shortage of snow. The RMISA Slalom Invitational, planned for Sunday, was moved to Friday to advance skiers' standings for the weekend meet If that weren't 10. . 34 Utah 12 (Brooks-- . (Halligan 7). Assists McQueen 5), Creighton 13 (Biedeck 4). A 450. victory in three meets 432-42Wyoming placed third with 401, followed by New Mexico at 388. 6. 1 Ute tankers win some, lose some ' Special i Albuquerque, NJML It was, at worst, extremely disorganizecL It UTAH (65) Kane 4 0-- 0 4. K. Alcorn 9 n Shaheen 4 0--0 2. 4 4. Snow 5 0-- 0 3. Smith 4 22. B. Alcorn 7 3 9. Carpenter 6 13. Team totals 23-6- 7 65. classical race, three of the top four skiers were Lady Utes. Kim Czismazia placed first, Anne Kari Aas second and Kris Ryan third. Saturday's 10K skating race was a little tougher on the Skiin' Lady Utes. Kris Ryan was the top Utah Special to the Chronicle Karen contributed another 10 2-- Iaily 1'iah Chronicle - Page Eleven Doman, Karen Batchelder, Julie Collard, Julie Leeper, Kathy Pierce and Karen Batchelder added one Western State, Air Force, Colorado State and Colorado State College of Mines rounded out the field. kept in the the competition by ovemhelming Utah was performance of the women's cross country team. In Friday's 5K Erica Alexander at sixth Czismazia at eighth. ; Quite obvious to cross country coach Alan Watson is the fact that the women aren't quite as strong in skating as they are in classical "Well have to work on our skating races before NCAA races. ' championshipsj,'' Watson said. The men were led by Ole Henrik Evensen's ninth place finish in Friday's 10K classical race. Mark Gray wasn't far behind at 11th. Saturday Evensen and Gray placed eighth and ninth. After two days of cross country competition, Utah trailed Colorado Utah's Alpine team, in Vail, Colo., clinched the racing 321-21- 9. victory for the Utes by scoring 213 points to Colorado's 195. Individual results were not available. victory. Saturday's races against defending HCAC champions Colorado State were less kind to the lady Utes. In all, Utah claimed only six races. Hjelm won two races, the 100 and Friday - 9 500 freestyle and added to the winning 200 freestyle relay team. Julie Leeper, Kathy Doman and Karin Palle added individual race ht Sigma Gamma ChiLDSSA Winter Formal CO C titles. p.m.-Midnig- The Lady Utes dual meet record was brought to 6 overall. Next up for Utah is the HCAC championships Feb. 4 in Las Vegas, Nev., where a third place finish is anticipated by head coach Jim Wilson. 4-- 22-2- Music by Snowpark "Secret Lodge Service" "Eva is looking fantastic. . . .Angie Greenburg and Kathy Pierce are also looking good for the conference championships," the coach revealed. Tickets $10 couple at Central Institute, $15 at the door. Everyone invited ff " vf-TV- .... LTSSA vfl x:.tm " 1 .a'vA 7 " I SUNDAY, MARCH 4TH M SALT PALACE ARENA m D Kfl Y 7:00 P.M. Ticket $16.00 Advance, $17.00 Day of Show (Serv. charge) On Sale now at all Smith'xTlx, Salt Palace, Huntsman Center, charRC by phone 467-599- Jt f ' T K ' 'M' ' , n '' - |
